Statistics show just short of 20% of the populace suffer some level of arachnophobia. Another 15% have a hatred or dislike of spiders.
40% take spiders for granted or simply ignore them.
25% have some like or fondness for spiders.
50 years ago, only 8% of people suffered arachnophobia.
Statistics from a study by UC Riverside and UC Davis.
Personally, nothing with 8 legs scares me in the slightest. A good number of spiders and their kin I actually like.